Big Guy Corporation Health through Technology Corporate overview The Big Guy Corporation began operation, on a small scale, in August 1989. Operations began as a private medical laboratory, providing bio-medical testing for hospitals and private laboratories. In 1997, the Big Guy Corporation expanded operations into the medial analyzer field. Opening Toronto's first facility dedicated to research & development, production/testing and sales of state-of-the-art laboratory analyzers, the Big Guy Corporation has earned the reputation of being the number 1 manufacturer of medical equipment in Canada. We are now turning our attention towards the U.S and beyond Annual revenues, as of our last physical year, are in excess of 1.5 billion dollars. We employee 800, well qualified people, across the country. Our strength is our people and we strive to hire the most talented in their respective fields.Dsrtments While we have all of the departments nonnalty associated with a corporate environment, there are some that require special attention. They are research 3: development and production. These two departments have special requirements over and above the typical business model. Because of the nature of the business. we have strict policies concerning security. That is, given the chance, our competitors would love to get their hands on our research. Therefore. the research 8: development and production departments are in a state of lockdown 24 hours a day. It is imperative that all staff understand this and comply with all security regulations and policies. In order to facilitate our security policy and also to gain some independence from outside suppliers. we are in the process of purchasing two companies. These operations will expand our productioniresearch capabilities and provide additional specialty metals for production purposes. The rst company is ABC limited. This company is deeply involved in digital imaging systems. both in research and production. We can use their expertise to design and incorporate radically new technologies into our systems. The second company is Brasco Limited. This organization specializes in rening metals, something that we need in order to reduce our dependency on third party sources